Remember in the How I Met Your Mother finale, how Ted (Josh Radnor) *finally* met his soulmate, Tracy (Cristin Milioti), after nine years of searching?
It was adorable.
But after only a milisecond of bliss, the show revealed future Tracy was dying. And just as soon as Ted found her, he lost her.
And fans were furious!
But it was quickly announced that an alternate ending would be on the HIMYM: Complete Series Box Set, available Sept. 23.
We love all #HIMYM fans and respect all opinions...so we want to share that Plan B with you on the Series Box set.
Well, it looks like that alternate ending has leaked online! (Though a spokesperson for 20th Century Fox declined to comment on its authenticity.)
And here's how the finale could — and, quite frankly, should — have ended.
Ted and Tracy still meet.
And still get married.
Then, in the most marvelous turn of events, Tracy doesn't die! Instead, future Ted (via Bob Saget's voiceover) recounts the string of events that led him to Tracy.
Ted leaves the apartment so Marshall (Jason Segal) could propose to Lily (Alyson Hannigan), goes to the bar, meets Robin (Cobie Smulders)...
Falls in love with Robin, breaks up with Robin...
Goes on the rebound, gets a rebound tattoo, gets said tattoo removed...
Meets Stella (Sarah Chalke), falls in love, gets engaged, gets left at the altar...
Becomes a professor, teaches the wrong class...
Dates the wrong girls...
Lets Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) and Robin fall in love...
Books the wedding band...
Makes sure the wedding actually happens...
Leaves a little early...
And, finally, is "in the right place, at the right time, and summon[s] the guts to do the stupidest, most impossible thing in the world: Walk up to that girl standing under the yellow umbrella and start talking."
"And that kids, is how I met your mother."
Boom. Done. Perfection. Watch the alternate — but infinitely better — ending below.
